In the latest Audubon Christmas Bird Count , there were close to 19,000 in the state. The African Collared-Dove is rarely seen as a wild bird in North America, and it is difficult to distinguish from the Eurasian Collared-Dove. Distribution / Habitat. This dove is long tailed buff brown with a white-spotted black collar patch on the back and sides of the neck. This chunky relative of the Mourning Dove gets its name from the black half-collar at the nape of the neck. This year’s season for mourning dove, white-winged dove, spotted dove and ringed turtle dove will run from Thursday, Sept. 1, through Thursday, Sept. 15, statewide, followed by a second hunt period, Saturday, Nov. 12, through Saturday, Dec. 26. They are mostly light brown on their upper parts, with darker centers in the feathers on their back and wings. 30 cm (12") Domestic caged bird. It has been domesticated for so long that its wild origins are not known for certain. It is sometimes also called the mountain dove, pearl-necked dove, lace-necked dove, or spotted turtle-dove. Spotted doves or spotted turtle doves are natives of tropical southern Asia, and are most recognizable by their black patch and white spots at the back of their neck. The laughing dove (S. senegalensis) and spotted dove (S. chinensis) have also been introduced outside Ringed Turtle-Doves in the United States are basically a domestic species and do not easily survive in the wild. The tail tips are white and the wing coverts have light buff spots. It is a bird of agricultural areas and readily visits bird feeding stations in urban and rural neighborhoods. Distribution The first Eurasian collared dove spotted by ornithologists in Colorado was in Rocky Ford in 1996. In dove love, “making out” is called “billing,” and can be quite feisty! Eurasian doves may be hunted all year without bag limits They fly from the ground with an explosive flutter and will sometimes glide down to a perch. Notes: Ringed Turtle-Doves hybridize with Eurasian Collared-Doves, making positive identification difficult. Within range, its penetrating and rhythmic, three-syllabled crooning is a familiar sound at any time of the year. Some have escaped and become established in cities. 30 cm (12") Domestic caged bird. I suppose that makes it a lucky snap of my camera on time lapse. Joseph Chai a.k.a. It is a mostly sedentary bird, found in a variety of open habitats. The ringed turtledove, or ringdove, is a domestic variant of S. turtur that now has feral New World populations in California and Florida; it is sometimes given species status as S. risoria.